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What Wader? Seaforth UK (yesterday) (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter RichieTwitchy
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If I can draw your attention to the leg colour... 
RichieTwitchy
YNWA
If I can draw your attention to the leg colour...
Cheers Andrew, but my colour blindness really does me no favours here sorry :-C
It's a small wader, very small, has a light underneath (Dunlin would be marked) and 'yellow' legs?
Ah, that might be why you're finding it tricky. I'd suggest it's not really that small (more medium sized - bigger than a Dunlin) and to my eyes has orange legs (maybe almost red).
RichieTwitchy
YNWA
Oh, give me strength - you guys saying its a Redshank!
Strewth - I'm taking up butterfly collecting :t:
Strewth - I'm taking up butterfly collecting :t:
Hey - don't worry! It's a juvenile so the legs are a bit yellower than normal. If you're colour blind it must be much harder to judge anyway and then it could be a tricky ID.
Butterflies are even harder to ID in my experience, so I'd recommend sticking to the waders!
RichieTwitchy
YNWA
Yeh, colour blindness can be a real pain but I won't give up - because I love it too much
Cheers Andrew :t:
Nutcracker
Stop Brexit!
Just as an aside - Adult winter plumage Dunlin are plain unmarked white below. Summer adults have a black belly, and juveniles streaked flanks, but not winter adults!
RichieTwitchy
YNWA
Thanks for that Nutty :t:
